Monte Carlo simulation of the Boltzmann equation for uniform shear flow
- 1 July 1996
- journal article
- letter
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics of Fluids
- Vol. 8 (7) , 1981-1983
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.868979
Abstract
The Boltzmann equation is numerically solved by means of the Direct Simulation Monte Carlo method for molecules interacting via repulsive r−μ‐potentials under uniform shear flow far from equilibrium. The non‐Newtonian shear viscosity is found to be rather insensitive to the interaction model. The results show that the divergence of velocity moments of degree equal to or larger than four obtained from an exact solution for Maxwell molecules [Phys. Rev. Lett. 71, 3971 (1993)] is also present for other interaction potentials.Keywords
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